Kiwi rowers will have to fight for their places at the upcoming world championship regatta at Lake Karapiro.

Police are hunting two elderly men, suspected of stealing 19th century collectibles from a Waikato antique store.

A school mini-van driver remains in hospital after being injured in an accident on a wet road in the Waikato today.

Police are confident a man who leapt into the Waikato River in Cambridge after failing to stop his car last night has made it ashore.

A kind-hearted pastor and his family who have donated their house to raise $1m for their church are nearly $650,000 short of their target.